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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Bad Influence Bloggers

Lots of chatter recently on various blogs
about chicken fried steaks, apersonal
favorite I’ve been avoiding. The old “trying to eat more sensible” effort and
all that. This morning I succumbed.

Went to a local restaurant that serves
breakfast and lunch only. While on a
commercial street, it is not a chain (Village Inn, Denny’s, etc.) and the
customers are mainly locals. Older crowd, lots of canes and walking sticks
present. The wait staff are wonderful but it is not Hooters. All are North of
thirty five.

I ended up at a table in the middle. The
three tables around me were filled with people solving the problems of the
world. In no particular order I overheard the following topics.

Utah’s welfare system.

Salt Lake City gas stations.

USDA agriculture subsidies (in some depth and passion).

The state of the oil business.

Range fires.

If a certain county road will ever be paved past a County

Commissioner’s
place.

What the green stripes the city has been painting on the

streets
are for.

Cruz, Shillary, Bernie and Trump. Nothing favorable.

Knee replacements.

The merits of different types of carpet kickers (stretchers).

I did have the small chicken fry (didn’t
overlap the plate), hash browns with extra gravy on them, scrambled eggs and
added sourdough toast for a more healthy meal.

Fortified, I then changed the spark plugs
on middle son’s car. I don’t do anything heavy anymore but this was a simple
job, and under $20. I use NGK with Iridium tips. A bit more money but I’ve had
good luck with them.

Yes sir, living the wild and crazy
retirement life right here in Northern Colorado.

Welcome! Most of Colofornia is located West of Interstate 25. Weld County is the most conservative. Larimer County is Boulder County Lite. Avoid Adams County. High taxes, high crime, and Democratic control.

Nice area. Access is a problem - only US 287 which is very congested. Don't buy in a flood plain. The area gets "500 year" floods often. Bring your CA wild fire experience with you and select carefully. CSU was once Colorado A&M - still heavily into agriculture and engineering so the culture isn't as bad as the People's Republic of Boulder.

Our daughter in law's Dad runs a construction company that specializes in high-end residential stuff, and he's already steered us away from a couple of areas. He and his wife live up "on the side of the mountain" in Bellvue at 7500', and almost lost their home a few years ago during the fire that happened. He lost a bunch of heavy equipment, a big shop, and several of the homes he was building for his kids to live in.

I remember him joking about "100 year floods that hit every 5 years"!

Yeah, if you want to get to the South side of Fort Collins, it's almost faster to take the road that runs along Horsetooth Reservoir than to take 287.

Didn't know about CDU being Colorado A&M. I grew up in the cornfields of Northern Illinois, and had lots of "farm kids" for friends, most of whom went on to A&M schools to get some "book learnin'" so they could help their folks, and take over the family farm after graduation.

Not to worry. CDOT has a plan to go to six lanes North of Longmont (in 2028). I avoid Fort Collins when I can. Going North to Cheyenne to go West on I-80 is 22 miles longer than US 287 Fort Collins to Laramie. Have a family deal in Maybell (Northwest Colorado) at the end of the month so will go through Fort Collins to catch Hwy 14 to Walden.

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Semi retired road warrior, car salesman, occasional repo man. Father of three fine sons. Once a Blue Dog Democrat. Once a soldier; once a pilot. Rolling along life's highway proving there is no fool like an old fool.